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Today 05:28 AM

mr_cassandra

Quote:

Originally Posted by saireah

Hi! It's great to see a name that I recognize again. :)

I haven't been back here in quite awhile -- after hearing the noise again, I contacted my Ford dealership and they advised me to wait another 1,000 miles for the "clutch break-in period." They did offer to drive around with me once again if I truly wanted it, but mentioned that Ford wouldn't likely do anything to the transmission again until 1,000 miles had passed. Surprisingly, once I hit 500 more miles, I didn't experience the noise any longer. Unfortunately, now, as I near 16,000 miles, I'm hearing it again and I'm experiencing the "jolt" as I did before. It's not nearly as bad, but this is how everything started before.

I did test-drive an Escape and a Jeep Compass (which has horrible reliability reviews, but was very comfortable to sit in -- I won't buy one due to that, though) last weekend. I was convinced I'd be trading in my Focus and getting into an SUV. However, after doing the math and realizing that I only have one year left on my payments ($4,000), I believe the most practical thing to do is to keep my car until my warranty runs out (4 more years -- I purchased the 6 year extended warranty). Or, at least until I have my student loan paid off in 1.5 years. Many people have told me that I should love the car that I drive and to not think twice about jumping into another loan, but I just can't stomach that. Plus, once I hit 35 mph, I love my Focus. My plast-dipping my wheels today is an effort to make my car feel "new" again, so perhaps I'll get the itch to buy an SUV out of my head. It will be nice to be able to pay off some student loan debt once my car is paid off. This is what I'm telling myself. ;)

I do suspect that I'll need to bring it in again within the next few weeks. It's driving much more smoothly than it did the first time that I had issues, but that rattling/grinding noise that I hear shouldn't be happening -- period. It's not consistent, though, but I can pretty much replicate it at least once or twice during a start-to-stop drive when I accelerate at lower speeds.

Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to catch you up. :)

sorry to hear you have been having problems with your transmission. I remember we talked maybe two years ago.

Yesterday 07:08 PM

saireah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arco-Zakus

It's been nine months since we last heard from you. After not seeing any comments from you for so long I thought you had given up on the car and moved on to someting else. Then I saw in another post that you're back (welcome back) so now I'm really curious how it went getting your transmission fixed. I sure hope your dealer was able to get it back working like it should.

I haven't been back here in quite awhile -- after hearing the noise again, I contacted my Ford dealership and they advised me to wait another 1,000 miles for the "clutch break-in period." They did offer to drive around with me once again if I truly wanted it, but mentioned that Ford wouldn't likely do anything to the transmission again until 1,000 miles had passed. Surprisingly, once I hit 500 more miles, I didn't experience the noise any longer. Unfortunately, now, as I near 16,000 miles, I'm hearing it again and I'm experiencing the "jolt" as I did before. It's not nearly as bad, but this is how everything started before.

I did test-drive an Escape and a Jeep Compass (which has horrible reliability reviews, but was very comfortable to sit in -- I won't buy one due to that, though) last weekend. I was convinced I'd be trading in my Focus and getting into an SUV. However, after doing the math and realizing that I only have one year left on my payments ($4,000), I believe the most practical thing to do is to keep my car until my warranty runs out (4 more years -- I purchased the 6 year extended warranty). Or, at least until I have my student loan paid off in 1.5 years. Many people have told me that I should love the car that I drive and to not think twice about jumping into another loan, but I just can't stomach that. Plus, once I hit 35 mph, I love my Focus. My plast-dipping my wheels today is an effort to make my car feel "new" again, so perhaps I'll get the itch to buy an SUV out of my head. It will be nice to be able to pay off some student loan debt once my car is paid off. This is what I'm telling myself. ;)

I do suspect that I'll need to bring it in again within the next few weeks. It's driving much more smoothly than it did the first time that I had issues, but that rattling/grinding noise that I hear shouldn't be happening -- period. It's not consistent, though, but I can pretty much replicate it at least once or twice during a start-to-stop drive when I accelerate at lower speeds.

Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to catch you up. :)

Yesterday 06:45 PM

Arco-Zakus

Welcome back

Quote:

Originally Posted by saireah

It's been two weeks since my Focus with 9,763 miles had its transmission rebuilt (they also said the seals were leaking). It's now at 9,990 miles and I'm hearing the noise again. The shifting is still incredibly better after the rebuild, so that's good. ...

... I'm annoyed, to say the least, particularly since I'm coming from a lemon with Nissan 1.5 years ago. I have 2 years left on my loan (about 8K) and I can't believe I'm dealing with another car that has had to go into the shop with less than 10,000 miles again. I don't know if I should sell it or ask my dealership to buy it back and offer me something else -- I just can't handle car issues again so soon. It is driving me bonkers. It's probably my own fault for getting something with known issues, but my dealership had assured me the kinks were far better with the new models (I ordered my car) than the 2012s. :( Would love some guidance. Thank you.

It's been nine months since we last heard from you. After not seeing any comments from you for so long I thought you had given up on the car and moved on to someting else. Then I saw in another post that you're back (welcome back) so now I'm really curious how it went getting your transmission fixed. I sure hope your dealer was able to get it back working like it should.

I took my car in last month and the dealership "ordered my clutch pack" but now I am being told that it is on an "indefinite backorder" and they can't tell me when they will have the replacement part. My car has gotten pretty bad to the point that it almost stalls when I take off from a stop. I am not sure how much longer I can wait...

07-16-2015 02:25 PM

2013FocusTitanium

Just got the word from my dealer they are going to replace my clutch for a second time - but they are back ordered. They have at least 10 similar customers in line ahead of me and Ford is not giving an ETA for when clutches will become available. :(((

07-16-2015 11:58 AM

ThoR294

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooOld

Point Of Sale?

Piece of Poopie

07-16-2015 08:13 AM

TooOld

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaK_Mojave

Just made the appt for my POS. Will say the rep was helpful in making the appt. see how helpful they are in getting this POS fixed. Nothing like trying to pass a rig on the highway only to have your transmission rev to red line and you just going nowhere until it decides to lock up.

Point Of Sale?

07-16-2015 06:41 AM

ThoR294

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaK_Mojave

Just made the appt for my POS. Will say the rep was helpful in making the appt. see how helpful they are in getting this POS fixed. Nothing like trying to pass a rig on the highway only to have your transmission rev to red line and you just going nowhere until it decides to lock up.

I'll have to admit at least my girlfriends 14 doesn't do that. It just chatters like hell at low speeds and doesn't downshift when you punch it sometimes. regardless, this transmission setup is a ******g joke

07-16-2015 06:21 AM

DaK_Mojave

Just made the appt for my POS. Will say the rep was helpful in making the appt. see how helpful they are in getting this POS fixed. Nothing like trying to pass a rig on the highway only to have your transmission rev to red line and you just going nowhere until it decides to lock up.

07-14-2015 02:03 PM

ThoR294

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooOld

So it's up to Ford to accept or deny a lemon law claim? Seems like no one would ever win a claim.

I forgot to mention, lemon law (at least in NJ) is 24k miles. You have to PURSUE the Lemon Law before 24k miles. Even though my GF complained and had the parts replaced before then, she cannot get lemon lawed. So Ford said nope.

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